The role of English in Thailand is quite important as it is in many other developing
countries. New technology and the adoption of the internet have resulted in a major
transition in terms of business, education, science, and technological progress, all of which
demand high proficiency in English. With the economic downturn in Thailand a few years
ago, a large number of Thai companies have embraced cooperation regionally and
internationally. Mergers, associations, and takeovers are common and English is used as the
means to communicate, negotiate and execute transactions by participants where one partner
can be a native speaker of English or none of the partners are native speakers of English